عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ وَكَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَاقَبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا غَيْرَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Al-Aratt, who was a companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and participated in the Battle of Badr. He says: Once, I kept watch over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the entire night. He spent the whole night in prayer. When he finished the prayer at the time of Fajr, I came to him and said: May my parents be sacrificed for you, tonight you have performed such a prayer that I have never seen you pray like this before. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, this was a prayer of utmost longing and fear of Allah. I made three supplications to my Lord, the Exalted, and He accepted two and rejected one. I prayed to my Lord, the Exalted, that He would not destroy us with the punishments with which He destroyed the previous nations, and He accepted this supplication. And I prayed to my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, that He would not let our enemies prevail over us, and He accepted this supplication as well. And I prayed to my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, that He would not cause discord among us, but He did not accept this supplication.